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Calories Aren’t All That Count
On one of my first days working as a hospital dietitian, I had a patient come in with a feeding tube. A feeding tube is a device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot eat orally. This patient was receiving all of his nutrition through the tube, which means I...
Cholesterol: Your TRUE Love (are you ready for this?)
Let's talk about your heart. Since February is American Heart Month, it's extra heavy on my heart just how many people I hear from who want to break up with cholesterol. When really.... we should be falling in love with cholesterol over and over again! First things...
How to Detox Daily (And Why You Should!)
I’ll admit—I used to think detoxing was a complete scam. Juice cleanses, restrictive fasts and sugar detoxes marketed to us from every angle? Scam. Scammy. Scam. How could they ever be healthy when they don’t provide lasting results? Besides, isn’t your liver already...
5 Tips for Holiday Sugar Cravings!
’Tis the time of year when we’re bombarded with sweets and sugary treats EVERYWHERE. Work parties, family gatherings, everywhere we look. Christmas cookies, candies and junk will be thrown in our faces. It’s socially acceptable to stuff our faces and binge on...
My 4 Tips for Eating Healthy While Traveling
Over the past few weeks I’ve been traveling abroad in London, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Canada…whew! There’s nothing like coming home to my intelliBed and my kitchen. While it’s been a blast, you may be familiar with some of the all too familiar stresses of traveling:...
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Hi, I'm Cassie! I thought I’d share a few things about myself so we can get better acquainted with one another. I came up with ten fast facts about me. 1) I’m a #1 International Best-Selling Author, professional speaker, and founder and creator of the Bye Bye Belly...
Top 3 Myths You Believe About Probiotics
It wasn’t until I had a client with sugar addiction, rock bottom energy levels, and continual weight gain that I had to dig deep and expand my expertise into what could help this young girl out. The “client” was me. One of the answers to my problems? Probiotics! I was...
None Of Us Are Invincible
An unexpected sickness and my first hospital stay caused me to reflect on a lot of things in life…and I’m excited to share these reflections with you. After all, real talk about real life are key components of this blog. Wait, Hospital Stay!? You read that right. What...
Exercise LESS To Lose MORE Weight
Do you bust your tail at the gym day in and day out, yet you can’t shed a pound? (Or maybe you’re even gaining!) I know too many women who follow restrictive diets, depriving their body of what it needs, all while putting it through hell at the gym. I can relate. I...
My Mattress was Putting my Health in Jeopardy!
Goopy, disgusting BLACK mold, alive and growing…UNDERNEATH MY MATTRESS! My two thousand dollar bed. The very bed I spend ⅓ of my time in. Little did I know I was sleeping with mold. Instant flashbacks from the past year came to mind: How sick I’d been—sneezing all the...